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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Pages of editorials and articles from The Architect, including unattributed articles probably by Esdaile. Articles consist of: "Houses and Their Contents" (Editorial) (February 16, 1923) "Cibber's Fountain in Soho Square" (Editorial) (March 9, 1923) "Blame The Architect" (Editorial) (March 16, 1923) "The Exhibition of British Primitives at Burlington House" (Article) (October 19, 1923) "The Country Churchyard" (Editorial) (October 26, 1923) "A Greek Bas-Relief" (Article) (November 16, 1923) "The Sepulchral Use of Brick" (Article) (November 30, 1923)
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Full July 14, 1950, issue of The Architect, containing the article "A Forgotten Architect: Edward Shepherd (d. 1747) by Esdaile (pp. 44-45).
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This collection contains the papers of English art historian Katharine Ada Esdaile (1881-1950), with the bulk of the materials relating to her research and writings on British monumental sculpture, sculptors, and church monuments from the medieval period to 19th century. Material types include personal writings, diaries, correspondence, business papers, family papers and photographs, research files and research notebooks, and miscellaneous published and unpublished materials. Notably the collection includes more than 600 chiefly pre-World War II visitor booklets and pamphlets produced locally by British churches and approximately 3500 photographs taken or collected by Esdaile of sculpture, often funerary monuments in English churches, ranging from large churches like Westminster Abbey to small rural parishes. This collection provides a resource for viewpoints on monumental sculpture in the early 20th century (for instance as represented in book reviews by Esdaile) and for information about Esdaile's experience as a woman art historian in the early 20th century. Given the broadness of Esdaile's scope, from medieval to 19th century British monumental sculpture, the collection is less useful for specific information about monuments or sculptors. In addition, many of Esdaile's attributions in her notes appear to have been based primarily on her own instincts and do not have citations. Many of Esdaile's notes are handwritten on small scraps of paper or are fragments, sometimes making the information difficult to parse. The collection is chiefly Esdaile's files, but the dates on some items (such as post-1950 booklets) indicate the collection was added to and used after her death, presumably by her son Edmund Esdaile, who also made notes on items in the collection and appears to have done the preliminary organization of the papers after Esdaile's death.
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Full issue containing "The Sculpture at Burlington House" by Esdaile, pp. 139-143.
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Consists of two clippings of articles: "Wesley's Bust. The Sculptor Identified" by Mrs. Esdaile (March 5, 1928) and "A Lost Stuart Statue. Quellin's Model Traced. – Charles II" by Katharine A. Esdaile (August 12, 1928).
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Pages of editorials and articles from The Architect, including unattributed articles probably by Esdaile. Includes the entire issue for October 7, 1921 and October 21, 1921. Articles consist of: "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: V. Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721)" (Article, incomplete, pp. 191-192 only) "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: VI. John Bushnell (d. 1701)" (Article, pp. 209-210 lacking) (October 7, 1921, full issue) "Studies of the English Sculptors from Pierce to Chantrey: VII Francis Bird (1667-1731)" (Article, portion of pp. 235-236 missing) (October 21, 1921, full issue) "A Change of Heart" (Editorial) (November 11, 1921)
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